Allegation Excessive Force sheriffs put on leave for beating a suspect. Because it is so intensive it works. A pioneering judge who makes i. T. His mission for helping students from spending years behind bars. Good evening im antonio mora. Im al jazeera. Former secretary of state will make the announcement on social media sunday. Hillary clinton will hit the road to start campaigning. Her first stop is expected to be in iowa. Ashhar quraishi, more so for Hillary Clinton the starts of many campaigns. Thats right antonio. Iowa caucuses, clinton did not do well in her last bid in 2008. But this is an opportunity start that ground game and also to engage the people here in iowa and try and build some momentum. News radio 1040 who. Politics especially president ial politics whos running, who should be is should be is taken very seriously in iowa. At a coffee shop in iowa city a group of activates is gathered to talk about what else, politics. A slate that could counters balance two percepti
Elevated to the papacy after the death of Pope John Paul ii. News of this is reverb rating around the country and around the world. Nearly one quarter of the United States, 74 million americans, are catholic, and worldwide there are 1. 1 billion members of the church. Encompassing a range of issues from contraception to policy. The timing of the announcement comes as a surprise. Just two days before Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of the lentin season, the holyist period on the catholic calendar. Joining us from washington, the host of msnbcs hardball chris matthews, and contributor and Washington Post columnist e. J. Deon. Chris, my colleague, the light in the darkness on many things political. Right. What do you make of this announcement coming as it does two days before Ash Wednesday . It seems like a major surprise. To what degree do you think the Catholic Church will seize on this as a moment to pivot . You may think so, but i dont think so. I dont think its going to be a mom
Thompson who would have turned 26 years old today. Sergeant michael s kru sa. Sergeant joshua kirk. Sergeant christopher griffin. Staff Sergeant Justin giagos. Staff Sergeant Vernon martin. Sergeant joshua hart. Specialist stephen mace. Each of these patriots gave their lives looking out for each other. And in a battle that raged all day, that brand of selflessness was displayed again and again and again. Soldiers exposing themselves to enemy fire, to pull a comrade to safety. Tending the each others wounds. Performing buddy transfusions, giving each other their own blood. And if you seek a measure of that day you need to look no further than the medals and rib bobs that grace their chests. For their sustained heroism, 37 Army Commendation medals. For their wounds, 27 purple hearts. For their valor, 18 bronze stars. For their gallantry, nine silver stars. These men were outnumbered, jut gunned and almost overrun. Looking back, one of them said im surprised any of us made it out. But th
January 31, 2013. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im savannah guthrie. Im matt lauer. We didnt have anywhere near the weather they had in the south. Here in the north, it was howling last night. The wind and rain were crazy. Some intense downpours and whipping winds. We will have more on this weather system with al in a couple minutes. Now to newdown, connecticut where it was an emotional scene last night. Parents of the young victims spoke out at meeting on gun violence. We will hear from some of them and also from capitol hill coming up. On a much different note. Remember when the blackberry was the cool device to have. After years of falling behind the iphone and the droid, blackberry is unveiling two new smartphones, including the ones we have here. A lot of reviews of these devices are very good but people are asking whether this can be cool enough to get blackberry into the smartphone game. We have the companys ceo live and will ask him these q
Right or wrong . Thats a pretty straightforward question. Well, im not going to give you a yes or no answer. Well, let the record show you refused to answer that question. And we begin with clashes on capitol hill with president obamas secondterm cabinet facing its first real fight. The confirmation for chuck hagel has just resumed. Hagel is again being grilled by his former Senate Colleagues to be the next secretary of defense. Earlier no one brought the heat like hagels selfdescribed old friend john mccain. Were you correct in your assessment . Well, i would defer to the judgment of history to sort that out, but the committee deserves your judgment as to whether you were right or wrong about the surge. Ill explain why i made those comments i want to know if you were right or wrong. Thats a direct question. I expect a direct answer. The surge assisted in the objective, but if we review the record a little bit will you please answer the question. Were you correct or incorrect when you